Review: The Citadel of Forgotten Myths

The Citadel of Forgotten Myths by Michael Moorcock
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I look forward to the time where I can dive back into the works of Michael Moorcock. I know that the story will be well written. It will be easy to read and highly engrossing. I know that the story won't just be the typical sort of thing that many other writers try to imitate. So when the chance came to read a new Elric story it was a no-brainer that I would want to read it.

This book is really three stories rolled into one about Elrics adventure in whats essentially the inner world. In the end not everything comes together well but they weren't supposed to. This was more about connecting the other works of the author together with this story. In the end that is fine but it does point to the reader that there is a lot more going on then you may realize. That in turn speaks to one of the problems of the book. If you have not read or are at least familiar with the writers previous works that are not Elrc you will not grasp the importance of the references that are being made throughout the book. That said it's still a worthy addition to the canon of the writers works. It might seem contradictory at some parts to other works but that is easily dismissed when viewed as another part in the totality of his body of work.

I read this book via NetGalley> I thank them for this book.

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